Tag.



No. 735,897 PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903. G. D. MENEELY 4?: H. A. GROWE.

TAG.

APPLIUATIOR FILED APR. 21, 1903.

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. UNITED STATES Patented August 4,1963;

PATENT OFFICE.

' CHARLES n. MENEELYAND HARRY A. OROWE, or NEW-YORK, N. Y.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 735,397, dated August 4,1903. Application filed llpril 21, 1903, Serial No. 158,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we,OHARLns D; MENEELY and HARRY A. CROWE, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of New York, county of Kings, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tags,fully described and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in tags.

It is desirable that tags of the character employed to seal receptaclesshall .be of such a character that they can be readily and quicklyapplied to the receptacles, but cannot be removed byunauthorized personswithout showing that the receptacles have been tampered with. Forinstance, it is customary for street-railway companies to supplyconductors with string-tags, which are employed to tie up and seal thebags in which each conductor places the receipts for his tour of duty,

the bags being deposited in a suitable recep tacle in an office or othersuitable place and being removed from the receptacle by some personauthorized to collect them, and it is desirable that such tags be soconstructed that they can be readily and quickly applied to the bags,but cannot be readily tampered with without disclosing the fact.Furthermore, it is desirable in order to prevent waste of cord that eachtag have the proper amount of cord secured thereto.

The present invention has for its object to produce an improved tagwhich can be readily and quickly applied to the article and which cannotbe easily removed without destroying the tag.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in a certainconstruction and combinations, which will be hereinafter described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is, a perspective vieyy of a baghaving a form of the improved tag secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the tag beforg it is applied to Fig 3 is a side View of the con- Fig.44s a sectional detail view on the line a b of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asectional detail view on the line 0 (l of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a bag which may be used for containingmoney or other valuables, the bag being shown as closed by the improvedtag. The tag is provided with a body portion 2, which may have upon oneof its sides blank spaces and proper inscription to indicate by whom thetag was applied to the bag and the date of its application. In thepreferred form of the construction the cord 3 will be secured to thetag. While this may be accomplished in any desired way, a cheap andeffective way to do this is to secure the cord between its ends tothetag by means of a retaining-piece of paper 4., which is pasted to thebody portion of the tag on its rear side, both ends of the cordbeing'thus left free. The tag is also provided with a locking-flap 5,which is integral with it, the boundary between the body of the tag andthe locking-flap being preferably defined by a crease 6, indicating theline of fold. The tag is further provided with a perforation 7, which ispreferably surrounded by the usual eyelet 8. In applying the tag thelonger end of the cord is wrapped around the bag and secured by a knot,the bag being rolled, as shown, after which the cord is passed .throughthe perforation, so that it is looped through the perforation. In thepreferred construction, furthermore, the tag will be provided with asecond perforation 9, which, as shown,is located partly in the body ofthe tag and partly in the locking-flap. When tion, the ends of the cordwill be passed therethrough and then these ends will be carried inopposite directionsaround the sides of the tag and over onto the body ofthe tag, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. After the ends of thecord have been thus positioned thelockin'g-flap, which will preferablybe prothe tag is provided with this second perforavided with a coatingof mucilage or paste, is

folded upward and pasted to the retainingthe cord in place. Thisconstruction makes tions may be made therein without depart- I piece, sothat it securely fastens the ends of IOO ing from the invention. Theinvention is not, therefore, to be limited to the specific constructionherein shown and described.

What is claimed is 1. In a tag, the combination with the body portionhaving a perforation, of a cord having one end secured to the bodyportion, said cord being adapted to be looped through the perforation,and a locking-flap adapted to be secured to the body portion andoverlying the ends of the cord, substantially as described.

2. In a tag, the combination with the body portion having a perforation,of a cord, a retaining-piece by which the cord is secured to the bodyportion, said cord being adapted to,

be looped through the perforation, and a locking-fiap adapted to bepasted to the body portiofi and overlying the ends of the cord,substantially as described.

3. In a tag, the combination with the body portion having twoperforations and a lockingfiap, of a cord adapted to be looped throughone perforation and having its ends passed through the other perforationand over onto the body portion of the tag, the locking-flap beingadapted to be pasted to the body portion and overlying the ends of thecord, substantially as described.

4.. I11 a tag, the combination with the body portion, said body portionhaving a perforation through which a loop of cord is adapted to bepassed and a second perforation through which the ends of the cord areadapted to be passed and having a locking-flap, of a cord secured to thebody portion of the tag whereby the cord is adapted to be looped throughone of the perforations and both ends passed through the otherperforation and carried in opposite directions around the end of the tagto a position between the locking-flap and the body of the tag,substantially as described.

5. In a tag, the combination with the body portion having a perforationnear one end and a perforation near the other end and a locking-flap, ofa cord, and a retaining-piece operating to secure the cord to the tagbetween its ends, whereby the cord is adapted to be looped through oneperforation and have both its ends passed through the other perforationand carried around the end of the tag and over onto the body portion,the ends of the cord being secured beneath the locking-flap,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES D. MENEELY. HARRY A. OROWE.

Witnesses:

A. H. BAVENDAM, A. B. OLOBRIDGE.

